Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lua5.3  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LUA53-608051
  • published21 Aug 2020
  • disclosed17 Aug 2020

Introduced: 17 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-24371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-763  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lua5.3 package and not the lua5.3 package as distributed by Debian.

lgc.c in Lua 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between barriers and the sweep phase, leading to a memory access violation involving collectgarbage.